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UNINA9910451319703321 |
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Financial privacy, consumer prosperity, and the public good [[electronic resource] /] / Fred H. Cate ... [et al.] |
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Washington, D.C., : AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, 2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (69 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Credit bureaus - Law and legislation - United States |
Consumer credit - Law and legislation - United States |
Pre-emption - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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The U.S. credit reporting system and the Fair Credit Reporting Act -- The impact of a robust national credit reporting system -- Preemption in credit reporting -- What is at risk if preemption expires? -- Recommendations and conclusion. |
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A Brookings Institution Press and American Enterprise Institute publication American consumers have become accustomed to obtaining instant credit. The process requires that credit bureaus have easy access to sensitive financial information about individuals, compiled largely without their consent. This report examines the debate surrounding the role of the states in regulating these credit bureaus, especially in light of expiring amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which have allowed bureaus to continue these practices, exempting them from state laws that might obstruct them. How this |
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UNINA9910972684803321 |
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End-of-life stories : crossing disciplinary boundaries / / editors, Donald E. Gelfand ... [et al.] |
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New York, : Springer Pub., c2005 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Springer series on death and suicide |
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Death - Psychological aspects |
Terminally ill - Psychology |
Terminally ill |
Storytelling - Psychological aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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The model : constructs, story domains, and levels -- Stories of Ron : music to his ears -- Stories of Ryan : too little time -- Stories of Grace : gifts and givers -- Stories of Avery : living and dying well -- Stories of Maggie : family dynamite -- Stories of Malika : defining a person -- Stories of Sonny : tattoos and tolerance -- Stories of Pearl : surviving end-of-life care -- Stories of Henry : family choices and challenges -- Stories of Peter : trouble with God and family -- Stories of Jim : homeless and at home -- Stories of Shanti : culture and karma -- Stories of three veterans : a spectrum of palliation -- Three veterans' stories, Robert Zalenski : boundaries and bridges. |
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End-of-life experiences are often viewed in terms of only one perspective such as medicine. In this volume, a variety of end-of life experiences are presented and each case is analyzed from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. These range across a broad array of the helping professions, and disciplines such as information, law and the social sciences. The book provides a variety of narratives about end-of-life experiences contributed by members of the Wayne State University End-of-Life Interdisciplinary Project. Each of the narratives is then analyzed from several different disciplinary per |
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